Transfusion Medicine Core Curriculum
Academic Year 2012-2013
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
8:00am - 9:00am
Site Specific Locations*
*Goals and Objectives of the Topics and Scope are covered in the detailed syllabus.
A short multiple-choice test may follow each lecture.
Recommended text:
- Petrides & Stack. Practical Guide to Transfusion Medicine (AABB)
- Transfusion Medicine: Self-Assessment Guide (AABB)
Lect# |
Day |
Date |
Topic |
Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri | July 13, 2012 | Blood Donations | Hirschler |
| 2 | Mon | July 16, 2012 | Component Preparation and Storage I | Hirschler |
| 3 | Wed | July 18, 2012 | Component Preparation and Storage II | Hirschler |
| 4 | Fri | July 20, 2012 | Transfusion Reactions | St. Lezin |
| 5 | Mon | July 23, 2012 | Emergency and Massive Transfusion | Fiebig |
| 6 | Wed | July 25, 2012 | ABO, RH, specimen requirements and compatibility testing | Wu |
| 7 | Fri | July 27, 2012 | FFP, cryoprecipitate and plasma derivatives | Pandey |
| 8 | Mon | July 30, 2012 | Special blood products I - irradiated, volume reduced, and washed | Bloch |
| 9 | Wed | August 1, 2012 | Bacterial contamination of blood products | Pandey |
| 10 | Fri | August 3, 2012 | Platelet Transfusion | Leavitt |
| 11 | Mon | August 6, 2012 | Clinical considerations for RBC transfusion | Feiner |
| 12 | Wed | August 8, 2012 | TRALI and TACO | Looney |
| 13 | Fri | August 10, 2012 | Special blood products II – CMV seronegative | Pandey |
| 14 | Mon | August 13, 2012 | Safety of the Blood Supply | Busch |
| 15 | Wed | August 15, 2012 | Antibody Identification-I | Eagan |
| 16 | Fri | August 17, 2012 | Antibody Identification - II | Eagan |
| 17 | Mon | August 20, 2012 | Autoimmunity: AHIA & ATP | Nguyen |
| 18 | Wed | August 22, 2012 | Autoimmunity: AHIA & ATP | Nguyen |
| 19 | Fri | August 24, 2012 | Blood substitutes, freeze dried platelets, PRP and serum eye drops | Bloch |
| 20 | Mon | August 27, 2012 | Granulocyte Transfusion Therapy | Nambiar |
| 21 | Wed | August 29, 2012 | Perinatal transfusion-I | Rosen |
| 22 | Fri | August 31, 2012 | Perinatal transfusion-II | Rosen |
| Mon | September 3, 2012 | Labor Day Holiday | ||
| Wed | September 5, 2012 | No lecture | ||
| Fri | September 7, 2012 | TO BE RESCHEDULED - Stem Cell Transplantation | Leavitt | |
| 23 | Mon | September 10, 2012 | QA, cGMP and regulatory aspects of Blood Banking | Stangle |
| 24 | Wed | September 12, 2012 | Therapeutic Apheresis Overview | Damon |
| Fri | September 14, 2012 | TO BE RESCHEDULED - Transfusion support in Thalassemia & Sickle Cell Anemia | Kelly | |
| 25 | Mon | September 17, 2012 | Therapeutic Apheresis Case Studies: I | Kelly |
| 26 | Wed | September 19, 2012 | Therapeutic Apheresis Case Studies: II | Hofmann |
| 27 | Fri | September 21, 2012 | Therapeutic Apheresis Case Studies: III | Hofmann |
| 28 | Mon | December 3, 2012 | Transfusion support in Thalassemia & Sickle Cell Anemia | Kelly |
| Fri | February 22, 2013 | CANCELED - Stem Cell Transplantation | Leavitt |
*Site Specified Locations: All lecture days
- At Moffitt-Long: go to L-551A.
- At China Basin: go to the large conference room (CB2121).
- At SFGH: go to the Clin Labs conference room.
- At SFVAMC: if you are presenting, go to L-551A, otherwise go to a site above.